There’s the free pizza party for students. The alumni game. The halftime performance by a special needs group. The senior night festivities for guards Tyler Johnson and Allen Huddleston. The online vouchers for four free (yes, free) tickets.

But Fresno State isn’t stopping there. It’s playing the Tark card, too.

So now there’s an official the Jerry Tarkanian jersey retirement ceremony (he played at Fresno State in the 1950s and coached there in the ’90s), complete with a limited edition Tark Towel giveaway. Tark Night, they’re calling it.

The Bulldogs, clearly, aren’t messing around.

This is what awaits No. 13 San Diego State on Saturday night at the Save Mart Center, along with, oh, by the way, a Fresno State team that has won seven of eight games, including Wednesday’s 20-point beat down of a Boise State team that went to the NCAA Tournament last season and returned all five starters.

“I don’t know how many of you got a chance to watch Fresno State last night against Boise State,” SDSU coach Steve Fisher opened his Thursday news conference, “but they looked as good as anybody in the league. They’ve won seven out of eight, and if you do that in any conference, you’re playing pretty good basketball.”

The Bulldogs (15-14, 8-8) will test SDSU’s ability to chase 3-point shooters running off staggered baseline screens, something they have struggled against all season. They’ll also test the Aztecs’ vision for farsightedness, with UNLV and New Mexico looming next week.

And with so much at stake:

--The regular-season Mountain West title. SDSU and New Mexico are tied at 13-2 with three games remaining. The Lobos have the easier next two games (at Nevada, Air Force at home) but have to come to Viejas Arena for the March 8 finale. The Aztecs win outright if they sweep their final three but can still share the title if they split the next two and beat the Lobos.

--Conference tournament seeding. If SDSU and New Mexico finish with identical records and even on head-to-head, the tiebreaking formula to determine No. 1 seed goes by record against the next best team, which right now that’s UNLV. The Lobos went 1-1 against the Rebels; SDSU won at Viejas Arena and plays at Thomas & Mack on Wednesday.

--NCAA Tournament seeding. This is where it really gets dicey. The Aztecs are currently a No. 3 seed according the CBSSports.com’s Jerry Palm and a No. 4 according to ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, the two leading bracketologists. But another loss or two likely drops them to a 5 of 6, which changes everything.

The top four seed lines generally are protected geographically by the selection committee. Since teams can’t play in their home cities, and Viejas Arena hosts the opening weekend this year, that likely would put the Aztecs in Spokane, Wash. (Both Palm and Lunardi have them headed there.) It also could keep them in the West region, with the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games at Anaheim’s Honda Center.